From: Andrew Lorimer Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 05:54:43 +0000 (+1100) Subject: vectors ref X-Git-Tag: yr11~8 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/notes.git/diff_plain/baa61484fba8c0936cc28ba629475821dfd34936 vectors ref --- diff --git a/spec/vectors.md b/spec/vectors.md index 8fa7208..dcdf2c5 100644 --- a/spec/vectors.md +++ b/spec/vectors.md @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ --- -header-includes: - - \documentclass{standalone} - - \usepackage{cleveref} - - \usepackage{harpoon} - - \usepackage{accent} - - \usepackage{amsmath} -... +geometry: margin=2cm + +graphics: yes +tables: yes +author: Andrew Lorimer +classoption: twocolumn + +--- # Vectors - **vector:** a directed line segment - arrow indicates direction - length indicates magnitude -- notated as $\vec{a}, \widetilde{A}, \overrightharp{a}$ +- notated as $\vec{a}, \widetilde{A}$ - column notation: $\begin{bmatrix} x \\ y \end{bmatrix}$ @@ -87,6 +88,19 @@ Produces a real number, not a vector. $$\boldsymbol{a} \cdot \boldsymbol{a} = |\boldsymbol{a}|^2$$ +## Scalar product properties + +1. $k(\boldsymbol{a\cdot b})=(k\boldsymbol{a})\cdot \boldsymbol{b}=\boldsymbol{a}\cdot (k{b})$ +2. $\boldsymbol{a \cdot 0}=0$ +3. $\boldsymbol{a \cdot (b + c)}=\boldsymbol{a \cdot b + a \cdot c}$ + +For parallel vectors $\boldsymbol{a}$ and $\boldsymbol{b}$: +$\boldsymbol{a \cdot b}=\{ + \begin{array}{ll} + |\boldsymbol{a}||\boldsymbol{b}| \hspace{2.8em} \text{if same direction} \\ + -|\boldsymbol{a}||\boldsymbol{b}| \hspace{2em} \text{if opposite directions} \\ + \end{array}$ + ## Geometric scalar products $$\boldsymbol{a} \cdot \boldsymbol{b} = |\boldsymbol{a}| |\boldsymbol{b}| \cos \theta$$ diff --git a/spec/vectors.pdf b/spec/vectors.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b60fffc Binary files /dev/null and b/spec/vectors.pdf differ